-Discussion on news from all over the world
-Evaluation of previous actions
-Future actions
-Discussion on how to approach more people (possibly different for everyone depending on their interests/social activities/background/…
-People who have not yet made clear with what they would like to get involved/follow/where to attract people from, to state their suggestions (like .. with bedroom tax and … with UCU)
– Distribution of tasks, dividing into groups
-Agenda and place for next assembly

Riot police attacked the building of the Greek Public TV station (ERT) at 4:30 in the morning. Evicting the workers who were occupying it maintaining it for many months now as self-organised TV and radio station when the government decided to shut it down overnight. Detains and a lot of violence, tear gas was used against the solidarity demonstartion which was formed spontaneously in front of the building.

NO MORE AUSTERITY AND CUTS! WE WILL NOT PAY THE CRISIS THAT THEY CREATED!

Workers, unemployed, students and pensioners are being victims of the measures based in austerity and budget cuts all over Europe. This is the consequence of the neoliberal policies that the states and institutions (like the European Union or IMF) are applying in order to confront the current crisis, to restore the profit rate, to service the total debt and to bailout the banks.

THESE MEASURES DO NOT SAVE PEOPLE’S FUTURE! THEY WORK FOR CAPITAL’S SURVIVAL FROM ITS CRISIS!

Due to these unfair policies the poverty is increasing every day, as well as the gap between rich and poor. The consequences of austerity policies have been evident mostly in the periphery of the European Union, where unemployment, precariousness, massive immigration, huge loss of benefits in health and education, the increasing number of homeless people and suicides, as well as the emergence of fascist phenomena endanger people lives.

Apart from the peripheral states, austerity is also a reality in the U.K. The neoliberal attack in the post workers, as well as the deterioration of the health and care system and the significant cuts in education seem to be only the beginning.

WE HAVE PRODUCED THEIR WEALTH, BUT NOT THEIR CRISIS!!

We stand by the struggle of fire-fighters, university staff, teachers, post workers and all the fighting parts of society! We should take action and struggle as reaction to the huge waves of austerity and budget cuts, defending our social and economic rights and achieve social justice.

Bonfire of Austerity – Local actions

London – Block Westminster Bridge – Assemble at Jubilee Gardens at 6pm, contact office@thepeoplesassemblyorg.uk/ FacebookBring your energy bills: we will be burning our energy bills on the bridge to highlight the massive rise in energy prices which have left people choosing between heating and eating.

Anonymous – Trafalgar Square, 6pm

ACTION FOR RAIL Leafleting across the country on NOV 5 – check here for details

Join us at stations across the country, meeting passengers and letting them know about our campaign for a national, integrated railway under public ownership.

Barnet – Assemble at 6pm outside Hendon Town Hall, the Burroughs, NW4 4BG, see here for more details

Come along and burn some austerity policies. Bring a placard with a policy you want to burn! We’re going to being making some noise and a presence in the centre of town so as well as placards, some will be in fancy dress, bring drums, whistles, horns or anything else that will grab attention.Contact bristolpeoplesassembly@gmail.com / 07971630005 / Facebook

Cambridge – Contact cambridgepeoplesassembly@outlook.com“Break the Chains of Austerity” – Time 5/6PM, details TBC.We will form a chain gang led by David Cameron, dragging behind him various victims of austerity: a schoolboy/girl, a nurse, a train conductor, a fireman/woman… and march through Cambridge singing the old union song “Which Side Are You On?”Rehearsal on Nov 4 at 7.30pm, we will meet at the University Centre (Grads Cafe, 3rd floor).Contact cambridgepeoplesassembly@outlook.com / https://www.facebook.com/events/570519243017788/

Darlington – Assemble outside at 4.30 pm outside the Town Hall for a protest organised by Darlington Against Cuts and supported by the Teesside Peoples Assembly Against Austerity. Contact TeessidePA@gmail.com / Facebook

Dundee – March and RallyAssemble at Hilltown Park 11.45 amMarch to City Square for Rally 12 noonFollowed by Picket of Home ScotlandContact: 07894901688 /raymond.mennie@googlemail.com /https://www.facebook.com/dundeepeoplesassembly

Ipswich – Contact: suffolkpeoplesassembly@runbox.com7.00 -8.30 Ipswich StationAction for Rail – Leaflet to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Rail Privatisation and support public ownership of rail.

Kingston upon Hull – Assembly 12:30pm, Queen Victoria Square – Dress up, bring placards, whistles, drums! Make some noise, get your voices heard! Let’s show the people of Hull that there IS an alternative to the government’s damaging policies of austerity. Facebook / Contact

London (Brent) – 9AM at Brent Magistrates Court – “No Council Tax Benefit Cuts” FacebookProtest called by Unite the Union – Community Members, West London Peoples Assembly, Kilburn Unemployed Workers Group, Brent Housing Action, Zacchaeus Trust (Z2K)Brent Council has summonsed 12000 people for non-payment of cancel tax . Many of these cant pay as their council tax benefit has been cut in the new council tax support scheme. Come and voice your objections to the cuts to the benefit and show support to those who have been summonsed. Debt advice charity Z2K will be at the court giving advice to those who have been summonsed.

10AM – Deptford High Street / New Cross Road – An action against poverty, led by the local Foodbank1:30PM – Deptford Lounge public square – A performance against austerity politics4:30PM – Catford Town Hall to Lewisham High Street – A procession against austerity, the bedroom tax and local cuts. Finishing with6PM – The grassy Knoll, opposite Lewisham DLR – Bonfire of Cuts with music, speakers and effigies

Middlesbrough – flashmob-style sing-a-long protest against austerity in the town centre around lunchtime/early afternoon in a location where we suspect it will be noticed. Contact the Teesside People’s Assembly: TeessidePA@gmail.com / Facebook

From 16:00 – Pontypridd town centre by the fountain to oppose the RCT cuts.

Salford – Assemble 2PM at Stott Lane by Meadowbrook and Salford Royal hospitals.Protest against the closure of mental health wards in Salford and Bolton by Gtr Mcr West NHS Trust. The protest is organised by United Service Users Committee and Salford Against Cuts, and supported by Keep Our NHS Public.

Wilts and Dorset – Sunday 27 October – “Balls to the Cuts” – Gather at 12pm at Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset for a photo of people in a No Cuts formation. Contact wiltsanddorsetpa@gmail.com / Facebook

Wrexham – Gather at Queens Square Wrexham at 10am for a day of rolling action / 12PM for a rally. Contact redmolotov21@googlemail.com / Facebook

York – City centre from 1pm – Model bonfire of austerity measures

Assemble at 4pm at St Helens Square for ” A festival of free speech against austerity” – an open mic event so bring speeches, poems, songs and anything else, dress up, bring props and join in a festival against austerity. Contact yorkpeoplesassembly@gmail.com / website

source: http://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk

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